Books in the Oxford Readings in Politics and Government series

The analysis of party systems in Western Europe has long constituted a major focus of concern in comparative political science. This volume collects together many of the classic writings in this field, covering the development, stabilization and transformation of party systems.

A collection of essays on the nature of the individual self and its relationship to society, which asks such questions as: can we understand human behaviour without considering social and cultural attachments held by individuals and should the state promote an idea of the good?

Ranging over two millennia, this collection of extracts from works by philosophers, political theorists, and social critics from Plato and Aristotle to Rawls and Nozick examines the nature of justice, its importance in human life, and its place among the other virtues.

Parliamentary and presidential government are the two principal forms of modern democracy. This book contains the most important arguments concerning their respective merits by advocates and analysts from the mid-eighteenth to the late 20th century and from all parts of the world.

The pieces collected in this volume review some of the key theoretical concepts developed in the study of pressure groups and examines their role in particular countries, including the UK, USA, France, and the former USSR.